Crime & Safety in Troy
Troy's crime data reads genuinely favorably across most sources reviewed, with City-Data's own index running 3.2 times below the national average.
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Learn moreBroad, real agreement Troy runs safer than average
City-Data's 2025 crime index for Troy ran 72 (3.2x lower than the US average, down 27% vs. 2024), and NeighborhoodScout cited an overall rate of 16.16 per 1,000 residents versus a cited 33.37 national average.
FBI 2024 data confirms the favorable picture
FBI 2024 data put Troy's violent crime rate at 115.5 per 100,000 and property crime at 1,276.6 per 100,000, for roughly 1-in-72 overall victimization odds -- both genuinely below typical national benchmarks.
A disclosed, lower-confidence outlier
One separately-cited safety-score source ran a less flattering 60/100 ("safer than 60% of US cities") -- this record discloses that outlier honestly, though it is the minority read among sources reviewed this pass.
Key takeaways
- Troy's crime rate reads genuinely favorably across most sources: City-Data's index ran 3.2x below the US average.
- FBI 2024 data confirms below-national-benchmark violent and property crime rates for Troy.
- One lower-confidence outlier source read less favorably (60/100) -- disclosed as the minority view.
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